Co. ASCS Oh Many Applied Practices *■- - Fred Seldomridge, County Chairman 'A total of 548 farmers were enrolled and completed prac tices under the 1962 Agricultural Conservation Program. Prac tices were completed and cost-share paid as follows: Practice Farms *■ Units Amount Liming grassland 411 7036 acres $36,599.01 Establishing permanent cover 140 1438 acres, 16,904.78 Improving Established cover 110 2019 acres 18,206.89 Establishing permanent cover to protect diversion terraces, ditch banks, etc. 2 Establishing winter'cover crops 205 Contour stripcropping'an'd Hedgerow removal 62 Field Stiipcroppmg 1 Clearing & levemg pastui eland 9 Developing Springs 2 Constructing Farm Ponds 2 Establishing Sod Waterway 5 Constructing Terrace ' 1 Constructing Diversion Terrace 5 Constructing Open Drainage Systems 1 Installing Tile Underdrain 14 Planting Forest Trees 1 lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIiiIIIiIIIIiIIIIIIiIIIIIIIIH Boost total farm profit... PICK FROM THE BIG FAMILY As your P-A-G dealer, I will gladly ■A M show you how P-A-G’s big family ■_ approach gives you a wider choice of hybrids... lets you build a team I BA of hybrids that can boost your total * ■ ■ income from corn. I’ll also explain HYBRIDS I've got all the infor- _ mation you need on VS B BE P-A-G’s famous FD- B| flft 100, Ranger, Vernal, BM_ ■■ Buffalo and California B BB - Common, and I’ll be ■ ■ ■ MM glad to help you pick __ the ones that best fit B B |Bi B I BH B your requirements. Mk I H I H Sow these seeds with jB I rll I assurance. They have BB B_ IBA BBA been tested and ap- ® B B proved by P-A-G. SEE ME FOR P-A-G RESULTS IN THIS COUNTY L. J. Penlinger Company Iranian Place, Pa. Ph. 768-3021 Willis H. Weaver D. 1, Bo\ 423, Mt. Joy, Pa. Ph. 633-4012 Willis W. Horst R. D. 4, liititz, Pa. Ph. 626-0755 Cloyd Wenger Pioneer Road, Lane., Pa. . I’h. 393-1633 David B. King Horseshoe Rd., Lane., Pa. Eugene P. Spotts D. 2,, Honey Broolc, Pa, Ph. 273-3038 itville Feed Service H- 2, Columbia, Pa. Ph. 283-2661 Eli O. Nolt D. 1, New Holland, Pa. Ph. 334-5546 sral Choice dealer territories available—contact HE MOST DAME IN CORN No. of 114 acres 3497 acres 1162 acres 15 acres 76 acies 3265 feet 2433 feet 2730 feet 500 feet 17,073 feet 10 acres how a P-A-G corn program works to boost all-around effi ciency, no matter if you grow corn for cash or for livestock. Walter B. Martin R. D. 1, Dnunore, Pa. Ph. KI S-2692 Fred Frey K. D. 2, Quarryvillc, Pa, Pli. ST 6-2235 Melvin M. Brendle R. D. 1, East Earl, Pa. Ph. 445-2444 Paul G. Nolt R. D. 1, Manheini, Pa, Ph. 605-4334 Charles Ranck 71 Rose Ave., Bcola, Pa. Ph. 056-9372 Harold L. Sample R. D. 1, New Providence, Pa. Ph. ST 6-3087 Stanley P. Herr Bheems, Pa. Ph. 367-3526 LOCAL OFFICE Pfister Associated Growers 1007 Nissley Kd., Lancaster, Pa. ■ i Ph. 898-7121 . ; | iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiniiii -"lmproving Stand of Trees 1 2 acres „• , v. ,i'i, , WHEAT 61 farmers stored 39,912 bushel and received $82,053 through warehouse loans 3 farmers stored 1,064 bush el and received $2307 through farm-stored loans. CORN — - 2 farmers stored 4,771 bushel and received $6,393. There are 49 Conservation Reserve contracts in effect, covering 1894 acies, lor which fnmieis received payments to talling $38,323. Payments were made as follows for wool and unshoin lambs sold during the 1961 maiketing year: 133 producers leceived $5,311 83 tor shorn wool. 58 producers received $832 17 for unshorn lambs. 51 52 5,107 39 WHEAT ALLOTMENTS AM) MARKETING QUOTAS 6146 Wheat allotments wete established in 1962, and wheat cards were issued to all eligible producers. 60 farm ers applied for Peed Wheat Exemption. 1902 PEED GRAIN PROGRAM 6,923 59 30.00 1,006.60 173.71 595 20 492 00 135 00 601 04 CORN —’4l7 producers diverted 5187 acres and received $253,531. BARLEY 27 producers diverted 229 acres and received $5,333, WHEAT STABILIZATION" PROGRAM 227 producers diverted 1137 acres and received $45,645 DISASTER PROGRAMS APPROVED BECAUSE OP DROUGHT 84 75 2,620 44 200.00 10 farmers recovered permission to harvest hay or pasture acreage diverted under Wheat Stabilization, Feed Grain or Conservation Reserve Programs. 50 certificates were issued to farmers or dealers for 25% freight reduction on hay shipped into county. As of December 31, 1962, 27 farmers had received ap proval to purchase coin under the Emergency Livestock Feed Program, at 75% of support price This program is to help farmeis preserve and maintain foundation herds of eligible li\ estock. • Game Protectors er Co “ nt - v are ‘ s - ° Ma°e (Continued from Page 5) Land Onager, Box 117, Mt Evergieens topped oi Gietna - J - P ’ Da released 210 Gict Gturm Protector, 2j Mill- Roads maintained to food 61 Strasburg, Pa , W. L plots 15 5 miles Woodring, District Game Pro- Bridges constiucted on tector, 40 Lime St, Ephrata, roads 1 Pa and Charles J. Williams, Game jn’otectors m Laucas- newly appointed to the county. Public Sale FARM MACHINERY Saturday, March 16, 1963 At R. D. #5, York, Pa., on Mt. Zion Road in Springettsburg Twp. The undersigned will offer at public sale the following tractor and horse drawn farm machinery. John Deere 12A combine 6 ft. cut, New Holland 76 baler, Farmall F2O tractor with cultivators, John Deere disc, McCormick Deering disc, 3 two bottom plows, cultipacker, 4 section harrow, side delivery rake, 2 Ontario drills, mower 6 ft. cut, Massey Harris manure spreader, hay loader, corn binder, 16 ft. rubber tired wagon, McCormick Deering No. 5-10 inch chop mill, Farquahr 2236 threshing machine, cylinder corn shell er with conveyor, rubber tired wagon, horse drawn equipment consisting of several plows, riding cultiva tor, land roller, shovel & potato plows, spike harrow, 2 wagons, sleigh, buggy, single & double trees, harness & collars, also 2 hole corn shelter, saw buck, gasoline engine, concrete mixer, log chains, belts, 2-wheel trailer, grindstone, several wheelbarrows, step ladder, motors, cables, bag truck, platform scales, water pump, grain fan, cradle, butter churn, chest, butcher tools, 10 iron hog troughs - 4 & 6 ft., chicken feeders, brood er stove, chicken crate, chairs, bags, drill press, lots of bolts, carpenter tools, vise, anvil, old iron, hay fork, lawn mower, 80 gal. water tank, sm. stove, metal lawn chairs, dog box, storm door with glass, rockers, used pipe, picks, shovels, forks, rope, used lumber, 6700 tobacco lath, spears and press, 1928 Model A Ford truck - low mileage, and many other articles too numerous to mention. Not responsible for accidents on day of sale. Refreshments Available JACOB A. GILBERT, Auctioneer Phone Red Lion 246-5056 Gilbert &.Frey, Clerks PRICE SUPPORT PAYMENTS CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM WOOL INCENTTAE PAYMENTS Of Valuable At 11:30 A.M. Sharp Terms: Cash Oliver D. Garbrick Owner j i £ 1 6,32 389,737.24 Forester Makes Annual Report The Foresters of the Valley Forge Forest District have ex perienced an active year in all phases ot forestry except tree planting The greatest increase in work was with the 28 fires which burned an area ot 217 aeies. The cost of extinguish ing these fires totalled $2,607.- 00 Many ot the fnes "aere caused hv carelessness ot peo ple burning leaves and brush. Between the time ot fight ing tires and reporting them, wo serviced 42 lionv the people of the county. Two hund-ed and sixty-nine thou sand bo.ud teet of timber were •marked wVh a va'ne of appio xunately $6,000 00 returned to the farmeis Many acres are still being cut each year with out any thought of the future. There were only 7,000 trees shipped to Lancaster County trom the State Nurseries which, produces nearly 20 million trees per year. Other projects ■worked on, during the year were. Planta tion improvement; Manage ment information to farmms and Educational programs in cluding Career conferences The improvement of woodland to produce better timber is oui* most important project but is not carried out by many peo ple Only thiee this past >ear. With the increased vaiue of land in our count’", the farm er will need to make Ins wood land pay bj- raising better trees. The District Forester, Mr. W P. Moll, has offices m Port Kennedy, Montgomery County and John H Kitch, your Ser vice Forester, JR. D 1, Rem holcis, Lancaster County ara both ready to help you in any woodland problems and en courage everyone to PREVENT FOREST FIRES! Highway Dept. Sprays, Plants On Roadhanks The following are the ac complishments of the High ways Department in coopera tion with the Lancaster County Soil Conservation District. Contract Seeding and Mulch ing; A total of 74,922 square yards (15.48 acres) of seel ing and mulching cut and fill slopes was done by contract along 3 97 miles ot new road construction. The routes in volved were L R 36008-5, 36091-1, 36010-1, 36067-2 and 36013-6 ReMtali/ation: The glass on cut and fill slopes as well as on median and interchange is lands ivas levitalized along L. R A-83, 128, 129, 280 107 and 36006 in the vicii'ity of Lancaster Marietta and Co lumbia Materials used includ ed 4.2 tons ot 8-16-16 foruliz er, 350 lbs ot grass seed and 42 lbs of Ciown Vetch seed Chemical Spraying: a total ot 286 gallons of Herbicide (2, 4.D & 2.4,5-T) and 585 lbs. of Karmex (Soil Stenlant) was applied along 347 miles of State Highways. Vegetation sprayed with a 1,000 gallon rig included biush, poison ivy and noxious weeds. The herbi cide was applied at tne rate of one gallon to 100 gallons of water, and ‘he soil stenlant was used at {he rate of 10 lbs. to 100 gallons of water. A grand total of 2,000,000 linear teet of Roadside treat ment ot all types was accom plished during 1902 in Lan caster County It is anticipated that tins amount will increase to about 2,100 000 linear feet in 1963. H. P. Kaufman is County Roadside Engineer. U i Lancaster Farming, March 2, 1963—9 *
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